An Investigation of Software Development Process Terminology

@inproceedings{Clarke2016AnIO,
  title={An Investigation of Software Development Process Terminology},
  author={Paul M. Clarke and Antoni Llu{\'i}s Mesquida and Damjan Ekert and Joseph J. Ekstrom and Tatjana Gornostaja and Milo{\vs} Jovanovi{\'c} and J{\o}rn Johansen and Ant{\`o}nia Mas Picahaco and Richard Messnarz and Blanca N{\'a}jera Villar and A. O'Connor and Rory V. O'Connor and Michael Reiner and Gabriele Sauberer and Klaus-Dirk Schmitz and Murat Yilmaz},
  booktitle={SPICE},
  year={2016}
}
The practice of software development has evolved considerably in recent decades, with new programming technologies, the affordability of hardware, pervasive internet access and mobile computing all contributing to the emergence of new software development processes. The newer process initiatives, which include those which are sometimes referred to as agile or lean methods, have brought with them new terms, which sometimes reflect the introduction of novel concepts. Other times, new terms… 
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